Studio portrait of a Native American (Ute) family identified as Chief Severo and his family. Women sit and wear shawls (mantas) over dresses and beaded moccasins; one woman holds a leather purse with a chain handle. Babies in cradleboards made with leather, beads or quills, and decorated with fringe are beside women. A girl wears a dress and a necklace. Men stand and wear bone breastplates and braids. A man wears a neckerchief and earrings. Another man wears a choker necklace and a feather in his hair. Chief Severo wears a uniform suit with vest and jacket and a hat.

Date

[between 1890 and 1900?]

Notes

Accession number: 83.400.1953; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: scratched, masked.; Formerly Jackson 5714.; Number: "5714" etched on negative.; Title penciled on negative envelope.; R7201028540